Package-tie.



R. p. PEARSON. PACKAGE TIE 7 APPLICATION FILED JULY I9 19I 6.

1,239,950. PatntedSept. 11, 1917.

RD Pearson,

RICHMOND I). PEARSON, OF GUILFOBD, MAINE.

PACKAGE-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 11, 191?.

Application filed July 19, 1916. Serial No. 110,158.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHMOND D. PEAR- SON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Guilford, in the county of Piscataquis and State ofMaine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPackage-Ties; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in package ties, and has for itsobject to provide a device of this character stamped from a single pieceof relatively small sheet metal, which may be constructed at anextremely small cost.

lVith this and other objects in view, the invention consists in thenovel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will behereinafter specifically described, claimed and illustrated in theaccompanying drawing forming a part thereof, in which:

Figure 1 represents a plan view of the package tie applied to use,

2 represents a perspective view of the package tie removed,

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on line 33 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing in detail, where in similar reference numeralsindicate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral 5indicates the body plate of the improved package tie, which ispreferably constructed of a piece of sheet metal of adequate thicknessand rectangular in plan. Adjacent one edge, the body plate is formedwith an aperture 6 through which is positioned one end of a flexible tieor cord 7, having one terminal knotted to prevent its displacementthrough the aperture 6.

The portion of the plate opposite the opening 6 is formed with twospaced parallel slits and the portion of the plate lying between theslits is divided by a transverse cut defining a pair of tongues 9, whichare struck up from the plate and are adapted to frictionally grip thecord 7. The terminals of the tongues are spaced apart and the eX- tremeend of one tongue located in a plane above the other to present thethroat or entrance opening 10 through which the cord may be inserted,and the tree edges or ends or the tongues are beveled, as at 11, tofacilitate insertion of the cord between them.

The plate 5 on the side of the tongues 9 opposite the aperture 8 isformed with a pair of spaced parallel slits extending inwardly from oneedge andthe portion of the plate lying between the slits is struckupwardly to provide a tongue 12, adapted to grip the free end of thecord to prevent it from slipping from under the tongue 9.

In use, the plate 5 is positioned upon the top of a package to be tied,as suggested in Fig. 1, and the cord 7 is looped any desired number oftimes transversely about the package, positioned through the throat 10and engaged under the tongue 9 lying opposite the relatively small orauxiliary tongue 12, thereby firmly holding the transverse loops of thecord in position about the package. The cord is subsequently loopedlongitudinally about the package and 1s finally engaged under the othertongue 9 and the auxiliary tongue 12, which assists in holding the cordagainst slipping and further prevents it from moving outwardly fromunder the tongue 9.

lVhat I claim is:

A package tie comprising a rectangular plate, a cord secured to one edgeof the plate, a pair of opposing tongues struck up from saidplateadapted to receive the cord after being passed about a package, andone of said tongues having its free end disposed in a plane above thefree end of the other tongue to permit the easy entrance of the cordthereunder, said plate having a pair of relatively spaced slitsextending inwardly from one edge to form a tongue to receive the freeend of the cord after being passed under the first named tongues.

In testimony whereof I atlis: my signature in presence of two witnesses.

RICHMOND D. PEARSON.

WVitnesses MICAJAH HUDsoN, O. J. LOMBARD.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe "Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

